Labor Day weekend. Wow, seems like the summer flew by. Last week we traveled up into the edge of Olympic National Park to camp a few days, and then rushed back so I could meet up with my friend Amy to spend a few days in the Cascades at Breitenbush. 18 hours of driving to…
Tag: Birds of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Charging up the Soul Batteries
A few weeks back in the last rays of sun Joe and I took a stroll on the there-and-back-again version of our neighborhood loop. The light was so good I wanted to drink it. We passed only one person in the perfect evening – one of our neighbors, enjoying his own stroll. He alerted us to…
Little Miracles Everywhere
Yesterday on my blustery walk home I saw what I believed to be a plastic bag caught in the blackberries next to the river. Just as I began to climb down the rocks to retrieve it, I heard a cheery bike bell in the distance. Martin! pedaling home from weaving class on his bike. Announcing, “Never…
Walking into Joy
Whoa – Beauty abounds all around. Due to a confluence of factors, our car in need of repair, newly developed tailbone-bike-seat-incompatibility, plus beautiful weather, all conspired towards my walking to and from work this week. Basically providing me with two hours each day to reflect on the state of my life, the universe and everything. My goal this…
Triple blessings.
This week I started back on my exercise routine, after various busy factors got in the way for several weeks. I’ve been enjoying getting back into the swing of walking on the river path. And boy oh boy are the birds whooping it up out there. The birds are really singing in Alderbrook. Alleluia! say the Widgeons. Alleluia!…
Honoring Birds & Día de los Muertos
Birds “Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Only a life lived for others is worth living.” –Albert Einstein We have a game we play each day when we go for our walk-…
The Cure for Cowbirds
Yesterday on my walk with Joe, we saw one of the little yellow warblers flitting amongst the branches of a blooming scotch broom. They are so beautiful, with a quick cheerfulness and a loopy small-bird flight pattern – as if they are always skipping or dancing. We also happened upon a courtship routine of a few brown-headed…
Tree Baths
The last week has been so very beautiful. I hope that all of you have been soaking up sun or taking tree baths. (Tree baths are a Japanese idea of hanging out with trees as a healing modality – basically walking amongst trees breathing the air made by trees.) A year ago this week, the Family Daire loaded…
Birds in the Year of the Horse
I really love this time of year. This full moon, in cultures which celebrate the Lunar New Year, it is the New Year’s Lantern Walk. For 15 years we hosted a Lantern Parade to celebrate the quickening of spring in early February. Now that torch is being carried by our friends, Lam & Kestrel, who…
Know any Funny Movies?
Yesterday evening a visit from Cesily and Cippy came with the reminder that laughter is very good medicine: So this is an official request for funny movies, or Utube videos, or Netflix suggestions. Just in case the antics of my three darlings and the chickens aren’t enough. So far feeling better than expected with my…
Riding the Pooka 